CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2012 Nissan Quest is great in terms of low complaints, but it also has an abysmal crash test rating for one very common type of impact.

The IIHS' "small overlap" crash test rates the vehicle's ability to protect front seat passengers when the car is impacted across 1/4th of the front bumper.

This mimics hitting a pole, or an off-center crash into another car — more common in the real world than a full frontal head-on crash.

See our crash test page for the detailed results — As you can see from the IIHS' crash test video, the Nissan Quest does not protect intrusion into the passenger space & major injury to the front seat passengers is likely.

6.7

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
79,200 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
  2. replace condenser (1 reports)
2012 Nissan Quest AC / heater problems

AC / heater problem

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2012 Nissan Quest Owner Comments

problem #3

May 142016

Quest SL V6, 3.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 65,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I live in the Bay Area and the AC died on way back from Reno/Lake Tahoe. This was at only 4 years/60,000 miles which seems like an early time to occur. Dealership said it was a bad compressor and would be $1500 to fix.

- Ben C., Pacifica, US

problem #2

May 232016

Quest S

  • Automatic transmission
  • 86,000 miles

Our a/c stopped working. Mechanic says the compressor is broken.

- rachelann, Medford, NY, US

problem #1

Apr 012015

Quest

  • Automatic transmission
  • 86,545 miles

I had the car checked at Nissan and during the visit they refused to do anything. The customer service was horrible. Britt was a pain in the .... All he was worried about was spelling his name right. The supervisors over the service department are very argumentative because they just want you to listen to him/her talk. Wanted to charge me $65 twice for diagnostic over the same problem. Another pain in the ...

- Anitra H., Gary, IN, US

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